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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Living Bridges Ministry

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465757436
GA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Darcy Gunter, Executive Director / CEO ($7,505) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Darcy Gunter — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,010 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,273 $7,505
$27,65210th
$52,34125th
$80,000Median
$105,00175th
$128,23390th
$7,505This org · 2nd
p10$27,652
p25$52,341
p50$80,000
p75$105,001
p90$128,233
$7,505

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to GA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Embracing The Journey GA$433,411 President $127,847 $127,847 2024
Directline Ministry Inc GA$436,174 Ceo $26,000 $26,000 2024
Christian Radio Fellowship Inc GA$438,199 President $91,536 $91,536 2024
Kingdom Foundations GA$440,406 President $92,075 $94,795 2023
Foundation For Clinical Pastoral GA$411,150 Executive Director $49,643 $49,643 2024
Christian Social Ministries Inc GA$411,049 Director $51,000 $51,000 2024
Freedom Path Counseling Inc GA$457,592 President $107,200 $110,366 2023
Kidz Blitz Ministries Inc GA$457,902 Board Member $60,000 $60,000 2024
Ariana Ministries Incorporated GA$463,554 President $28,754 $28,754 2024
Grace Korean Church Inc GA$402,301 Pastor $68,250 $68,250 2024
Home Repairs Ministries Inc GA$398,515 Executive Di $97,222 $97,222 2024
Revival Prayer Institute Inc GA$472,650 Growth Director $93,583 $93,583 2024
First Missionary Baptist Church Of Thoma GA$476,871 Ceo $20,880 $21,497 2023
Perspective Ministries Inc GA$387,594 Executive Dir. $75,900 $75,900 2024
Blackwelder Ministries Inc GA$382,707 President $151,471 $151,471 2024
Campus Clubs Inc GA$381,827 Executive Di $64,084 $65,977 2023
Proskuneo Ministries Inc GA$374,634 President $52,127 $52,127 2024
Regenerating Life Ministries Inc GA$371,778 Teaching Pastor $132,550 $136,465 2023
Oaks Ministries Inc GA$516,972 Co-director $90,800 $90,800 2024
Camp Crosspoint GA$339,537 Executive Di $44,666 $44,666 2024
Gods Glory Ministries International Inc GA$339,459 President $77,256 $77,256 2024
Purification Heritage Center Inc GA$528,173 Executive Dir. $80,000 $80,000 2024
Inspired Performance Inc GA$531,086 Executive Dir. $97,500 $97,500 2024
Good News To The Nations Inc GA$531,826 President $147,904 $152,273 2023
Young Leaders International Inc GA$334,057 Executive Director $105,058 $105,058 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to GA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Darcy Gunter) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,505 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.